Welcome to Caregiver Friday! Everyone knows that being a caregiver/wellness partner can be overwhelming. I’ve discussed the importance of not trying to reinvent the wheel, leave that to people who are doing big things like curing disease. It’s time to get real and understand that experts are one more form of the treatment plan. You try [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Use the Experts
Posted in Caregiving, tagged 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, care for the caregiver, caregiver burnout, caregiver empowerment, caregiver health, caregiver needs, caregiver stress, caregiver support, coaching caregivers, Greg Katz, occupational therapy, patient-caregiver relationship, physical therapy, Stephen Covey on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Are You in the Game?
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged assertiveness, coaching illness, Greg Katz, health coach, illness coaching, partnership with doctors, patient empowerment on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ever play a sport when you were a kid, or for that matter as an adult? I’ve never been one for sports but I do get the gist of being in the game. The idea, that like the lottery, you have to play to win. There are no winners on the sidelines so when fighting [...]
Are You an Infidel?
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, fidelity and health, Fidelity of the law, Greg Katz, health and healing, illness coaching, patient empowerment, Sonia Sotomayor, United States Supreme Court on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today started the confirmation hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor to become the first Latina on the United States Supreme Court. There were lots of questions today about how she would interpret the law and how she would apply the law. Her final answer of the day about how she would make decisions was that she [...]
What Causes us to Change?
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, conservation, ecology, environment, environmentalism and health, Greg Katz, illness coaching, patient empowerment, Rachel Carson on July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I just finished a paper for school. I’ve been thinking a lot about change since my class in May where we talked about the state of the world from an ecological point of view. The truth is that most of us don’t treat the earth any better than we treat our own bodies. Do you [...]
On Call
Posted in Caregiving, tagged care for the caregiver, caregiver burnout, caregiver empowerment, caregiver health, caregiver needs, caregiver stress, caregiver support, coaching caregivers, Greg Katz on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to Caregiver Friday!!! When we think about caregiving the first picture is role you take beside the patient; holding their hand, arranging for their care, and offering moral and emotional support. The truth is that just because someone receives a diagnosis for a chronic or life-threatening illness doesn’t mean they will need constant care. [...]
Are You a Wayfinder?
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, Greg Katz, illness coaching, patient empowerment, spiritual wellness, Spirituality and Health on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ever wonder why part of the activities of the scouts is to be able to find their way in the wilderness? There are many methods that allow us to find our way in unfamiliar territory, some are scientific and others are more nature based or ritual based. Being uncertain of your direction leaves you disoriented [...]
Holding the Positive
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged art and healing, coaching illness, Community Support, creating a legacy, Greg Katz, illness coaching, knitting, knitting and healing, men who knit, overcoming adversity, patient empowerment on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No matter your age, gender, ethnicity, etc. it’s important to have a tribe. I’m a fiber artist so I love all things fiber. One of the community website is the Men Who Knit (MWK), www.menwhoknit.com, website. Male knitters from around the globe post pictures of their work, ask technical questions and share resources. Little did [...]
Stress Fractures
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, Greg Katz, health and stress, illness coaching, impact of stress on healing, mind body connection, patient empowerment, stress on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Stress isn’t good for the mind, body or soul even when you’re healthy; but when you’re facing a health challenge the results can be devastating. Like the footage we’ve seen from bridges, we think that in the body that stress causes the cracks. Unfortunately, following your diagnosis with a chronic or life-threatening illness, it accentuates [...]
What Do You Pray For?
Posted in Caregiving, tagged care for the caregiver, caregiver burnout, caregiver empowerment, caregiver health, caregiver needs, caregiver stress, caregiver support, coaching caregivers, Larry Dossey, Prayer and Healing, spiritual stamina, spiritual wellness, Spirituality and Health on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to Caregiver Friday! I was reviewing the events for July at my favorite independent bookstore and saw that Larry Dossey will be speaking. I’ve read lots of Dossey’s work on prayer and healing and it got me thinking about prayer. Dossey’s research has shown that prayer heals. His studies included prayer groups praying long [...]
I’ll Get To It Someday
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged Airbus, coaching illness, Farah Fawcett, Greg Katz, illness coaching, mindfulness, patient empowerment, Plane Crash, self-empowerment, survivors on July 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ever notice how busy life has become? We’re all trying to do more with less and that is frustrating. One of our most precious commodities is time and that too seems to be in short supply. The question is can it be in shorter supply than if you didn’t have any time, like those who [...]
